Kansas City Royals @ Minnesota Twins
5-10, 3-4 Away
4
5-10, 3-4 Away
Final
9-6, 5-2 Home
5
9-6, 5-2 Home
Royals Hitting
a-grounded to first for T Graffanino in the 8th
- Batting
- HRM Sweeney (2, 3rd inning off J Santana 2 on, 2 Out)
- RBIT Graffanino (2), M Sweeney 3 (13)
- 2Out RBIT Graffanino, M Sweeney 3
- SHD DeJesus
- Team LOB2
- Baserunning
- SBE Marrero (1, 2nd base off J Santana/J Mauer)
- Fielding
- DP2 (A Berroa-T Graffanino-E Marrero, T Graffanino-E Marrero)
- EJ McEwing (2, throw)
- AssistsT Long (T Tiffee at Home)
Twins Hitting
a-intentionally walked for L Rivas in the 8th
- Batting
- 2BJ Castro (1, J Lima); T Hunter (4, J Lima)
- HRJ Mauer (2, 1st inning off J Lima 0 on, 2 Out); J Jones (3, 2nd inning off J Lima 1 on, 0 Out)
- RBIJ Mauer (5), J Jones 2 (11), T Tiffee (6), S Stewart (6)
- 2Out RBIJ Mauer
- SFT Tiffee
- GIDPT Tiffee; S Stewart
- Team LOB9
- Baserunning
- SBT Hunter (7, 2nd base off J Lima/A Castillo)
Royals Pitching
- Pitching
- WPN Field
- Ground Balls-Fly BallsJ Lima 11-3; S Camp 1-2; J Cerda 0-0; N Field 0-0
- Game ScoresJ Lima 37
Twins Pitching
| pitchers |
|---|
J. Rincon(W,6-6) |
| team |
| IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 100-67 | 4.32 |
| 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11-9 | 0.00 |
| 9.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 126-86 |
- Pitching
- IBBJ Jones (By J Lima); T Tiffee (By J Cerda); M Cuddyer (By N Field)
- HBPL Rivas (By J Lima); M LeCroy (By S Camp)
- Ground Balls-Fly BallsJ Santana 4-7; J Rincon 2-0; J Nathan 1-0
- Game ScoresJ Santana 61
Scoring Summary
Inning | KC | MIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | J Mauer homered to left. | 0 | 1 | |
| 2nd | J Jones homered to right center, T Hunter scored. | 0 | 3 | |
| 3rd | T Graffanino singled to center, J McEwing scored, D DeJesus to third. | 1 | 3 | |
| 3rd | M Sweeney homered to left, D DeJesus and T Graffanino scored. | 4 | 3 | |
| 6th | T Tiffee hit sacrifice fly to center, T Hunter scored. | 4 | 4 | |
MIN wins 2-0
Game Information
Metrodome
8:10 PM, April 20, 2005
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Attendance: 24,153
Game Time:2:37
- Umpires:
- Home Plate Umpire - Jeff Nelson
- First Base Umpire - Bill Miller
- Second Base Umpire - Joe Brinkman
- Third Base Umpire - Derryl Cousins
2026 American League Central Standings
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago | 49 | 45 | .521 | - | W2 |
| Cleveland | 50 | 46 | .521 | - | W3 |
| Minnesota | 47 | 49 | .490 | 3 | W1 |
| Detroit | 44 | 51 | .463 | 5.5 | L1 |
| Kansas City | 38 | 58 | .396 | 12 | L4 |
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